Tokyo Mew Mew:
Mew Mew Madness
By: Okami-chan5
Chapter 3: The Struggle to Keep Promises
The next morning, Ichigo woke up bright and early next to Lettuce's hospital bed. Lettuce was still asleep. iHold on... why am I the only one here?/i Everyone else had gone home, after Ichigo fell asleep. Even Masaya and Keiichiro left. It was lucky that Ichigo kept guard over Lettuce. What if Kish suddenly came and took her away? Ichigo suddenly shuddered; she had bad experiences with Kish. The sunlight hit Lettuce's eyes, and she woke up drearily. She looked up at her hand (which was swung over her head) and she suddenly took it down and hid it under the blankets. She found her extra pair of glasses beside her, and put them on.
"Where is everyone?" Lettuce asked.
"Dunno, but they left after we both fell asleep; those scoundrels!"
"I've never heard you use that word before. Are you alright?"
"Just angry I guess. But don't worry about me!" Ichigo said downwardly.
As soon as Lettuce checked out of the hospital, the Mew Mew's had to go straight to work. Ryou was a tireless manager for Café Mew Mew, and didn't let Mint have a tea break. Sakura and Suiren started working there too. Suiren's boyfriend showed up to have coffee, but then he had to leave for his own job. Lettuce was her old self again, she was dropping dishes everywhere. She sometimes wished she had a Mew Aqua to clean up for her. In fact, she had to stay late that evening to clean up the blown apart pastry she made. So wishing everyone a good evening, she went to work.
Scrubbing at the cupboards, she heard something upstairs shuffle a little. She was terrified. If anything, she was a Mew Mew damnit! So throwing down her towel with new found courage, she went to work. She transformed into Mew Lettuce and hurried up the stairs. She heard something move, and that made her heart nearly explode. But, it was just a cat...a...black cat...Lettuce picked it up and patted her head. 'Wait! Black cats are bad luck!' she thought, as she put it down and ran for her life. She finally reached the door where the noise was coming from. She slowly reached for the doorknob. She hoped to all that was good that it wasn't a ghost.
When she opened the door, she saw something very odd that made her jump and holler. Mint and Ryou were making out! Ugh!
"Excuse my language but what the HELL are you guys doing?" Lettuce shrieked, "And why isn't Ryou a cat?"
Mint was blushing but she said, "You can NOT tell anyone about this! Ichigo would be upset!" Mint was saying this because nobody told Ichigo that Masaya was "Deep Blue".
Ryou then said, "I have developed a genetic pill for myself, so that I will not turn into a cat without really wanting to. It is quite ingenious really, even though -=smirk=- I am a genius!"
"What can't I tell Zakuro, she keeps secrets, she never even talks! And what about the new Mew Mew's?!" Lettuce could hardly take in what she was seeing. Mint? And.... Ryou? Fine," Lettuce said at last, "I won't tell any one, I promise."
"Thank you so much for this Lettuce. In fact, why don't I walk home with you?" Lettuce didn't see why not, so they both started walking when Mint said, "You know what? You can stay at my house! We'll have so much fun!" So being dragged by Mint, they went to her huge gigantic mansion.
Walking up hundreds of stairs, and by-passing hundreds of waiters, they made it up to Mint's room safely. Mint let Lettuce take a seat on her bed, and they started to chat, while drinking some tea.
"So," Mint asked, "You know my boyfriend, do you have one I could know about?"
Lettuce blushed and immediately thought of Keiichiro, "No one would like someone as clumsy as me,"
"That... that is SO not true Lettuce! You are very pretty! And...you just need more confidence in yourself! Don't let people push you around! Put your chin up!" Mint gasped. Lettuce got up, puffed her chin out stuck her arms out to their arm span and started walking around macho like. Mint laughed and pleaded Lettuce to sit down.
"I..." Lettuce blushed, "actually like Keiichiro. I know that's shallow of me! I mean, everyone likes Keiichiro,"
"Actually, that isn't true, everyone in the group besides you and Pudding has a boyfriend already, and I don't think Pudding has her eyes set on men yet, if you catch my drift,"
"Really? Do you think so?"
"Oh most defiantly!"
"Don't tell anyone though!"
"I won't, as long as you keep me and Ryou's secret to yourself,"
"Deal,"
The rest of the night, the two girls had all the fun in the world together. They had pillow fights, and stayed up late to watch "The Twilight Samurai", they even played hide and seek! Lettuce and Mint left to Café Mew Mew the next morning, chatting gaily. Zakuro, Suiren, and Pudding were all ready.
The day at the Café went smoothly, Lettuce was slowly gaining confidence in herself, and only dropped three glasses and a pudding bowl that day. Keiichiro gladly helped her out, and in fact, they spent the whole day cleaning up the kitchen. Lettuce got to know Keiichiro better too. Keiichiro and Ryou had been working on the Mew project since Ryou was very little. Keiichiro also had a slight humorous side, and Lettuce laughed heartily at his jokes. Lettuce realized something that made her drop a dish.
Was Keiichiro flirting with her? Keiichiro dropped to the floor to pick up the pieces. Lettuce bent to help. She knew she was blushing, but she could not help herself. Keiichiro got up, and looked at her with his deep, almost sorrowful eyes. It was as though he was looking into her soul. Lettuce blushed still harder and backed up, but she slipped on the mop. Keiichiro caught her.
"OW! MY FOOT!" Lettuce shrieked. A piece of jagged glass was impaled in her right foot. Pain spread to every part of her body. Keiichiro laid her down immediately and left to get some Benzyl Peroxide and band aids. Tears started streaming down her face when she pulled the glass out. Keiichiro came back and slowly put the ointment on, it stung like hell, but Lettuce was crying enough, and couldn't even wince.
"Relax, you will be fine, let me just wrap you up. I don't want you to go to work tomorrow, this cut id way to deep. I will talk to Ryou about it," Keiichiro smiled, and started to wrap bandages around Lettuces foot. His hands alone made her feel better, he seemed determined to make her feel better. But... she could never love him. He was too good for her. No matter what Mint said, she would feel the same no matter what. She felt so horrible she bent her head low and cried even harder. 'If I only had the confidence to tell him...' she thought as she cried. Her glasses fogged up so she could not see. She didn't even notice Keiichiro had left her foot and was now so close to her she could feel his presence. He took off her glasses and said as he cleaned them:
"Don't despair your foot will get better..." he put the glasses back on, and Lettuce immediately stopped crying. He lifted her head up and sighed.
He leaned forward, "Lettuce... I love you..."
(A/n: Don't you love cliffhangers? Don't kill me! I will write the new one soon.
Ciao! –
Okami-chan5)
Mew Mew Madness
By: Okami-chan5
Chapter 3: The Struggle to Keep Promises
The next morning, Ichigo woke up bright and early next to Lettuce's hospital bed. Lettuce was still asleep. iHold on... why am I the only one here?/i Everyone else had gone home, after Ichigo fell asleep. Even Masaya and Keiichiro left. It was lucky that Ichigo kept guard over Lettuce. What if Kish suddenly came and took her away? Ichigo suddenly shuddered; she had bad experiences with Kish. The sunlight hit Lettuce's eyes, and she woke up drearily. She looked up at her hand (which was swung over her head) and she suddenly took it down and hid it under the blankets. She found her extra pair of glasses beside her, and put them on.
"Where is everyone?" Lettuce asked.
"Dunno, but they left after we both fell asleep; those scoundrels!"
"I've never heard you use that word before. Are you alright?"
"Just angry I guess. But don't worry about me!" Ichigo said downwardly.
As soon as Lettuce checked out of the hospital, the Mew Mew's had to go straight to work. Ryou was a tireless manager for Café Mew Mew, and didn't let Mint have a tea break. Sakura and Suiren started working there too. Suiren's boyfriend showed up to have coffee, but then he had to leave for his own job. Lettuce was her old self again, she was dropping dishes everywhere. She sometimes wished she had a Mew Aqua to clean up for her. In fact, she had to stay late that evening to clean up the blown apart pastry she made. So wishing everyone a good evening, she went to work.
Scrubbing at the cupboards, she heard something upstairs shuffle a little. She was terrified. If anything, she was a Mew Mew damnit! So throwing down her towel with new found courage, she went to work. She transformed into Mew Lettuce and hurried up the stairs. She heard something move, and that made her heart nearly explode. But, it was just a cat...a...black cat...Lettuce picked it up and patted her head. 'Wait! Black cats are bad luck!' she thought, as she put it down and ran for her life. She finally reached the door where the noise was coming from. She slowly reached for the doorknob. She hoped to all that was good that it wasn't a ghost.
When she opened the door, she saw something very odd that made her jump and holler. Mint and Ryou were making out! Ugh!
"Excuse my language but what the HELL are you guys doing?" Lettuce shrieked, "And why isn't Ryou a cat?"
Mint was blushing but she said, "You can NOT tell anyone about this! Ichigo would be upset!" Mint was saying this because nobody told Ichigo that Masaya was "Deep Blue".
Ryou then said, "I have developed a genetic pill for myself, so that I will not turn into a cat without really wanting to. It is quite ingenious really, even though -=smirk=- I am a genius!"
"What can't I tell Zakuro, she keeps secrets, she never even talks! And what about the new Mew Mew's?!" Lettuce could hardly take in what she was seeing. Mint? And.... Ryou? Fine," Lettuce said at last, "I won't tell any one, I promise."
"Thank you so much for this Lettuce. In fact, why don't I walk home with you?" Lettuce didn't see why not, so they both started walking when Mint said, "You know what? You can stay at my house! We'll have so much fun!" So being dragged by Mint, they went to her huge gigantic mansion.
Walking up hundreds of stairs, and by-passing hundreds of waiters, they made it up to Mint's room safely. Mint let Lettuce take a seat on her bed, and they started to chat, while drinking some tea.
"So," Mint asked, "You know my boyfriend, do you have one I could know about?"
Lettuce blushed and immediately thought of Keiichiro, "No one would like someone as clumsy as me,"
"That... that is SO not true Lettuce! You are very pretty! And...you just need more confidence in yourself! Don't let people push you around! Put your chin up!" Mint gasped. Lettuce got up, puffed her chin out stuck her arms out to their arm span and started walking around macho like. Mint laughed and pleaded Lettuce to sit down.
"I..." Lettuce blushed, "actually like Keiichiro. I know that's shallow of me! I mean, everyone likes Keiichiro,"
"Actually, that isn't true, everyone in the group besides you and Pudding has a boyfriend already, and I don't think Pudding has her eyes set on men yet, if you catch my drift,"
"Really? Do you think so?"
"Oh most defiantly!"
"Don't tell anyone though!"
"I won't, as long as you keep me and Ryou's secret to yourself,"
"Deal,"
The rest of the night, the two girls had all the fun in the world together. They had pillow fights, and stayed up late to watch "The Twilight Samurai", they even played hide and seek! Lettuce and Mint left to Café Mew Mew the next morning, chatting gaily. Zakuro, Suiren, and Pudding were all ready.
The day at the Café went smoothly, Lettuce was slowly gaining confidence in herself, and only dropped three glasses and a pudding bowl that day. Keiichiro gladly helped her out, and in fact, they spent the whole day cleaning up the kitchen. Lettuce got to know Keiichiro better too. Keiichiro and Ryou had been working on the Mew project since Ryou was very little. Keiichiro also had a slight humorous side, and Lettuce laughed heartily at his jokes. Lettuce realized something that made her drop a dish.
Was Keiichiro flirting with her? Keiichiro dropped to the floor to pick up the pieces. Lettuce bent to help. She knew she was blushing, but she could not help herself. Keiichiro got up, and looked at her with his deep, almost sorrowful eyes. It was as though he was looking into her soul. Lettuce blushed still harder and backed up, but she slipped on the mop. Keiichiro caught her.
"OW! MY FOOT!" Lettuce shrieked. A piece of jagged glass was impaled in her right foot. Pain spread to every part of her body. Keiichiro laid her down immediately and left to get some Benzyl Peroxide and band aids. Tears started streaming down her face when she pulled the glass out. Keiichiro came back and slowly put the ointment on, it stung like hell, but Lettuce was crying enough, and couldn't even wince.
"Relax, you will be fine, let me just wrap you up. I don't want you to go to work tomorrow, this cut id way to deep. I will talk to Ryou about it," Keiichiro smiled, and started to wrap bandages around Lettuces foot. His hands alone made her feel better, he seemed determined to make her feel better. But... she could never love him. He was too good for her. No matter what Mint said, she would feel the same no matter what. She felt so horrible she bent her head low and cried even harder. 'If I only had the confidence to tell him...' she thought as she cried. Her glasses fogged up so she could not see. She didn't even notice Keiichiro had left her foot and was now so close to her she could feel his presence. He took off her glasses and said as he cleaned them:
"Don't despair your foot will get better..." he put the glasses back on, and Lettuce immediately stopped crying. He lifted her head up and sighed.
He leaned forward, "Lettuce... I love you..."
(A/n: Don't you love cliffhangers? Don't kill me! I will write the new one soon.
Ciao! –
Okami-chan5)